Here are the answers to your planet questions:
- Venus is the closest planet to Earth.
- Neptune is the furthest planet from Earth. Pluto is no longer considered a planet.
- Yes, Saturn is bigger than Mercury. Saturn is the second largest planet in our solar system.
- Mercury is the smallest planet.
5.comparative and superlative adjectives(whole group.session4)
1. WHERE CAN WE GET THE BEST
PIZZA IN CORNELLA?
COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE
ADJECTIVES
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adjectives
2. LISTENING COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS
1. How are pizzas at La Bella Napoli (in comparison to St. Pietro’s)?
They are tastier than at St. Pietro’s. Their quality is much better and they are
not the cheapest pizzas.
2. How are the waiters there?
They have the friendliest waiters ever!
3. How is the pasta at St. Pietro’s?
They have the most disgusting pasta.
It is the most disgusting pizza that he has ever eaten.
4. How is the pizza that Daisy’s mum has eaten?
It is the most amazing pizza ever! It is the best she has ever tried. It has the
crispiest base she has ever eaten.
5. What is her opinion about the pizzas at La Bella Napoli?
They are not bad. They use the worst kind of cheese.
6. In the end, where do they eat? Why do they do so?
They go to a fish and chips restaurant because there is an idiom that states:
“When in Rome, do as the Romans do”.
3. • What is the meaning of the idiom
“When in Rome, do as the Romans do”?
• Did you know that “fish and chips” is one
of the most popular dishes in the UK?
battered fish and deep-fried chips, sometimes accompanied by mushy peas and tartar sauce.
4. COMPARATIVE or SUPERLATIVE?
-La Bella Napoli is better than Pietro’s.
-La Bella Napoli is not the cheapest restaurant.
-The pizza at La Bella Napoli isn’t as good as I remember.
-They make the most disgusting pasta I’ve ever tasted.
-They use the worst kind of cheese.
-Eating “fish and chips” is more typical in England than in Italy.
5. COMPARATIVES
• one-syllable adjectives: near Add –er + than
La Bella Napoli is nearer than Pietro’s.
• adjective ends in –e: nice Add –r + than
The waiter at La Bella Napoli is nicer than the waiter at
Pietro’s.
Change –y for –i and add
• adjective ends in –y: tasty –er + than
The pizzas in La Bella Napoli are tastier than at
Pietro’s.
• one-syllable adjectives ending in Double the consonant and
vowel + consonant: big add –er + than
The pizzas at La Bella Napoli are bigger than at St. Pietro’s.
6. COMPARATIVES
• two or more syllabes adjectives: exciting more + adjective + than
Football is more exciting than golf.
as + adjective + as
• When two things are similar
Alfie is as tall as Oliver.
not as + adjective + as
• When two things are not similar
The cheese at Pietro’s is not as good as at La Bella Napoli.
7. SUPERLATIVES
• one-syllable adjectives Add the adjective–est
La Bella Napoli is not the cheapest restaurant.
• adjective ends in –e Add the adj–st
You are the nicest person I have ever met.
• adjective ends in –y Change –y for –i and add
the adj–est
This is the crispiest base ever.
• one-syllable adjectives ending in
Double the consonant and
vowel + consonant
add the adj–est
Today is the hottest day of the week.
The most + adjective
• two or more syllabes adjectives
They do the most disgusting pasta I’ve ever tasted.
8. IRREGULAR ADJECTIVES
Good Better than The best
La Bella Napoli is better than Pietro’s. Where do you get the best
pizza in London?
Bad Worse than The worst
The pizza at Pietro’s is worse than at They use the worst cheese.
La Bella Napoli.
Far Further than The furthest
Pietro’s is further than La Bella Which is the furthest
Napoli. restaurant in Cornellà?
9.
10. – Which is the closest planet to Earth?
– Which is the furthest planet from Earth?
(Is Pluto a planet at all?)
– Is Saturn bigger than Mercury?
– Which is the smallest planet?